Take a Network Break! In our latest analysis of what’s happening in IT, Amazon rolled out a host of announcements at its Reinvent conference.

Of particular interest is Outpost, which is Amazon-supported hardware to run on a customer’s premises. Outpost has two software options: native AWS, or VMware Cloud on AWS Outposts.

Amazon also announced AWS Transit Gateway, a virtual router that lets you connect multiple VPCs as well as on-premises workloads; and App Mesh, which promises to monitor and control microservices you run in the AWS cloud.

In non-Reinvent news, Juniper has announced its intent to acquire HTBASE, which makes multi-cloud control and data fabric software, VMware reported Q3 financial results, and 6Wind announced a new version of its software router.

The CeBIT technology tradeshow is shutting its doors, the NVME storage interface now supports TCP for transport, and companies reported a rash of breach disclosures.

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Drew Conry-Murray has been writing about information technology for more than 15 years, with an emphasis on networking, security, and cloud. He's co-host of The Network Break podcast and a Tech Field Day delegate. He loves real tea and virtual donuts, and is delighted that his job lets him talk with so many smart, passionate people. He writes novels in his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @Drew_CM or reach out at [email protected]